Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1916 — Railroad Construction Camp. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Construction Camp.

Some recent pictures show some aspects of railroad construction. The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh is one of those railroads which believes that good care of its employees, is one of the most important details in the operation of a railroad. The location of a camp receives the personal attention of both the labor agent and the roadmaster, who carefully consider the location from the point of view of proper sanitation and an ample supply of pure spring water. The foreman and commissary clerk exact cleanliness on the part Of the laborers, neglect in this matter being sufficient cause for dismissal. The use of tents equipped with steel bunks gives sanitary conditions much better than were the old methods of using camp cars and wooden buildings, which it was impossible to keep clean.